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    P2.01 - Poster Session/ Treatment of Advanced Diseases – NSCLC (ID 207)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Poster
    • Track: Treatment of Advanced Diseases - NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      P2.01-068 - Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Associated with Improved Survival in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer: A SEER-MEDICARE Analysis (ID 2743)

      09:30 - 17:00  |  Author(s): C. Ragin

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      Background:
      Cancer of the prostate and lung are most commonly diagnosed in the elderly. Aberrant female sex hormone signaling has been well-described in NSCLC. The impact of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) outcome has, however, not been well studied.

      Methods:
      We employed the linked SEER-MEDICARE database to assess the potential impact of ADT on NSCLC. We analyzed data from patients diagnosed with NSCLC between 1985 and 2005 and registered in the SEER-MEDICARE database. Patients were categorized into three groups: prostate cancer diagnosis followed by NSCLC (PL), NSCLC followed by prostate cancer (LP) and NSCLC only (L). Demographic and survival outcomes were compared between these groups. The impact of sequence of cancer diagnosis and ADT on survival post NSCLC diagnosis was assessed within the PL group using logistic regression model. Cox proportional hazards models were employed to estimate the effect of ADT and stage of prostate cancer on survival with adjustment for significant prognostic factors.

      Results:
      A total of 417630 patients were included in this analysis; male/female (56.4%/43.6%); Race: White (84.0%), Black (9.0%), Asian (2.1%), Hispanic (1.0%), others (3.0%); Stage: I (17.4%), II (2.9%), III (33.6%) and IV (46.1%). The majority of the patients were in the L group (96.3%), followed by PL (2.9%) and LP (0.8%). Patients in the LP group had the best 12-month survival rates (84.5%), followed by L (44.4%) and PL (40.1%). Analysis within the PL group showed an inverse correlation between stage of prostate cancer diagnosis and interval of time to NSCLC diagnosis: 54.8, 54.1, 62.1 and 59.3 months for stage I, II, III and IV prostate cancer, respectively. Prostate cancer patients exposed to ADT had a shorter interval to lung cancer diagnosis (48.3 vs. 52.7 months; p < 0.001). On multivariate analysis, patients exposed to ADT had a higher median survival (10 months vs. 9 months; p < 0.001) and reduced risk of death (HR:1.11; 95%CI:1.05-1.18), p <0.001).

      Conclusion:
      ADT therapy for prostate cancer was associated with improved survival for subsequent NSCLC diagnosis. Our result supports systematic exploration of ADT as a treatment strategy for NSCLC.

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